Ellery Queen Columbia series
I understand these are supposed to be hard to come by. I googled and it turns out several of these are on YouTube. I watched the first one, ELLERY QUEEN, MASTER DETECTIVE. For a series that has a bad...
View ArticleThe Killing Game (1967): Pop Art Muder Thriller?
Having just read the Adventures of Jodelle, I've been reading about Guy Peellaert, and came across this movie that he did alot of art for (which probably has another listing elsewhere so combine if so...
View ArticleThe Invisible Informer
Has anyone here seen "The Invisible Informer", 1946 mystery apparently re a strangler? I've found words like "horror", "chiller", & "eerie" to describe it, but nothing beyond that. Rare, I...
View ArticleThe Last of Sheila (1973): mystery written by Anthony Perkins & Stephen...
This appears to be an interesting film - anybody seen it?IMDB A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multi-millionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht...
View ArticleThe Man in the Trunk
From 1942. This is apparently a mystery involving a real ghost. From the reviews, does not seem at all horrific. However, I just noticed Milton Parsons in the cast list. Certainly, there has to be...
View ArticleFor Charlie Chan fans...A scrapbook about Warner Oland's films 1916-1932!
Scrapbook devoted to Warner OlandThere is a wonderful website devoted to the character Charlie Chan called the "Charlie Chan Family Home" which covers everthing about the Chinese detective in films,...
View ArticleEDGAR WALLACE AND THE KRIML
Anyone have some insights/ expertise about the German programmers in this vein.I' m about to screen several of these dvd double features for friends and would love some input. Any takers? Bests?...
View ArticleMurder by Television (35)
I watched this tonight. I'm betting it wasn't a very widely distributed Lugosi film. It's poor.Who were Cameo Pictures?
View ArticleThe Canary Murder Case (29)
Does anyone know if the silent version is available to see at all?
View ArticleMysterious Miss X 1939
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031701/with all the Mysterious Mr. X's and Dr. X's, it was inevitable that a Miss X would appear, and who could resist her? Unfortunately it's essentially a poverty row...
View ArticleNight of January 16th (1941)
murder mystery with comical touches starring Robert Preston. Very loosely based on Ayn Rand's play. Pretty good. Cecil Kellaway has a brief scene doing his jolly (drunk or not) schtick which I first...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Mr. X
This pre-Code goodie airs January 29 at 815am on TCM. An early serial killer story, it has Robert Montgomery as a jewel thief who's accused of being the murderer of a number of policemen. It's up to...
View ArticleRepublic Mysteries
Author and former news announcer Brian McFadden has a new book out "Republic Mysteries". The films that studio made. He's written two books already "Republic Horrors" and one on Amicus Studios, both...
View ArticleLooking for Title
Hi Everybody-- This is my first post here, though I've been reading the board for a long time. I was just wondering if anybody could help me with a problem that's been puzzling me for a while. Years...
View ArticleThe Hidden Hand
I sometimes feel that I have seen just about every genre movie that TCM has to offer. Therefore, I was really pleasantly surprised the other day to come across this little B picture. It is nothing...
View ArticleObsession (aka Hidden Room) 1949
Watching this again right now. A neat little British suspense thriller. Robert Newton (later of Long John Silver and Around the world in 80 Days) is a good villain - but, the odd thing is he looks...
View ArticleHOT DIAMONDS IN COLD BLOOD (1967)
Does anyone know this film well? I know a big "denouement" scene but that's about all. To me, Richard Harrison and Rosalba Neri seem like an ideal Euro-spy / Euro crime movie duo (even though I never...
View ArticleThe Black Book (1949)
Murder and Mystery doesn't feel like quite the right place for my post...but then I'm not sure where else it would go. I saw this film over the weekend for the first time, after buying VCI's double...
View ArticleGet TV Detectives
Throughout the month of July GET TV has been showing some old detective films. Boston Blackie, Crime Doctor, The Whistler, The Lone Wolf and the Universal Sherlock Holmes. They'll repeat them on...
View ArticleSAPPHIRE - 1959 British Procedural
I watched this last week - having never heard of it before - mainly because I saw it was directed by Basil Dearden, who did VICTIM, and starred Nigel Patrick, who was so brilliantly debonair in THE...
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